Michelle Kretzschmar 
Whenever you search for colleges using the College Board, College Data, or US News & World Report, you are using data based on the common data set (CDS). This survey captures some information that isn’t available through the government’s Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data Set (IPEDS) used for the College Navigator search website and others.
Westfield, Massachusetts
6,100 (5,382 undergraduates)
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Pullman, Washington
31,478 (26,098 undergraduates)
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Champaign, Illinois
49,702 (33,915 undergraduates)
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Riverdale, New York
4,232 (3,654 undergraduates)
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Oxford, Mississippi
22,456 (18,007 undergraduates)
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Students looking for the big city attractions shouldn’t overlook colleges in Chicago. It’s the 3rd largest city in the United States and has all the expected amenities to go with it. There are 39 colleges with at least 500 full-time undergraduates in the Chicago Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA). While 14 of them are 50-50 colleges, unfortunately only one is a public institution.
